Life by Grace Alone

My husband and I have been married over 45 years. A member of a former congregation has called Steve a walking concordance. I've lost track of the number of times I have stated to him things about God and how He works that I know he already knows. It doesn't seem to matter how great a person's understanding of Biblical truth is. We all need to be reminded of what we already know because the truth we know is often not the truth on which we are living out our lives. I remind him of those truths because I know that's what I usually need.

One morning I went to the gym with my husband. Without earphones I tried to understand the show on the tv as I pedaled on the exercise bike. A man was calmly allowing many bugs to crawl over his back. I responded with a shudder and then I commented on my response to the woman on the next bike.   ."God knew what He was doing as He created us with a natural dislike for crawling bugs. They could bite or bring bacteria." I sat a little taller as I realized how casually and naturally I had mentioned God. I remember when I had first become a Christian. "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so whom he has redeemed from trouble.", Psalm 107:2 was one of the first verses I memorized. Although the basic truth was easy to understand there were voices giving different ideas as to what that meant. Some seemed to say just invite people to Bible studies or church services and that counts. Others said no, you have to actively seek out those with whom you can share a gospel presentati...